Babar Azam tried to boost the morale of his teammates in the dressing room after Pakistan lost to Australia in the semi-final. He urged his teammates not to point fingers at each other after the disappointing loss. He said that the entire team was not able to play to its potential. He advised his teammates to learn from their mistakes.
Babar Azam breaks Virat Kohli’s record to become the fastest batsman to reach 2500 runs in the shortest form of international cricket. The feat was accomplished during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup semi-final match against Australia. Kohli had taken 68 innings to reach the milestone while Babar took only 62 innings.
Pakistani wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan is in sensational form in this year’s T20I series. He is consistently scoring big runs for Pakistan and leading the side to victory. In the history of the Twenty20 Internationals, he is the first player to score 1000+ runs in a calendar year. Mohammad Rizwan reached this important milestone T20 World Cup semifinal against Australia in Dubai.
Muhammad Rizwan, Pakistan’s premier cricketer, has gifted Matthew Hayden with an English translation of the Holy Quran. According to Hayden’s latest interview, Rizwan gave him a translation of the Holy Quran since he was curious about Islam. Matthew recalled the moment. “Rizzy was there and it was a beautiful moment I will never forget,” he said.
ECB CEO announced that England will play two additional men’s T20s when they visit Pakistan next year. Apparently, the announcement was made after England cricket chief Tom Harrison met with his Pakistani counterpart, Ramiz Raja, in Lahore. The ECB originally planned to play five T20I matches during next year’s tour of Pakistan.
Asif Ali, who has been performing well in the ongoing T20 World Cup, has been voted the ICC Player of the Month for October. Ali beat out the Bangladeshi Shakib Al Hasan and Namibian David Wiese to win the men’s award. He scored unbeaten 52 runs across three games for Pakistan at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, with a strike rate of 273.68.
Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez withdrew from Pakistan’s three-match T20 series against Bangladesh on Monday. In his opinion, young players should have the chance to play on the tour. He will play in Pakistan’s Twenty20 World Cup semifinal game against Australia in Dubai on Thursday. Following the T20Is, Pakistan’s 18-man squad will fly to Bangladesh for two Tests.
ICC plans to release a digital artwork depicting Shaheen Shah Afridi’s stunning dismissal of Rohit Sharma in Pakistan’s victory against India. This dramatic moment occurred in the first T20 World Cup 2021 match. It will release the artwork on its Faze app, a digital collectible forum that exclusively deals with Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs).
The head of English cricket’s administration visited Pakistan to try to mend relations strained by the cancellation of the Twenty20 tour in October. In 2022, England is due to play a Test series there, which is 16 years since they last visited Pakistan. Due to security concerns, ECB canceled the October tour days after New Zealand canceled its trip to Pakistan.
In an announcement made by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Australia has confirmed its tour of Pakistan next year. The Australians will tour the country between February and March. Both sides will play three One-Day Internationals, Tests, and Twenty20 matches next year during their first tour of Australia in 24 years.